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(No Model.)

. W. TYREE. APPARATUS FOR TEACHING WRITING. No. 592,029.

Patented Oct. 19, 1897.

NITED STATES WILLIAM TYREE, OF CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND.

APPARATUS FOR TEACHING W RITING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iatent No. 592,029, dated October 19, 1897.

' Application filed August 7,1895. $erialNo. 558,488. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM TYREE, a citizen of New Zealand, residing at 71 Cathedral Square, Christchurch, in'the provincial district of Canterbury, New Zealand, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Use in Teaching Writing, of which the following is a specification.

In teaching Writing it is thecommon practice to employ manuscript copying-books having a printed head-line at the top of the page. In practice this is found objectionable, as in Writing each succeeding line the scholar is liable to imitate his own handwriting in the It may also serve as a receptacle for pencils,

pens, or other implements. It can be used as a ruler for ruling lines, and is provided on one or more of its sides with a pad of blotting material. The shape of theframe maintains the copy in a sloping position, making it more readily visible to the scholar.

Referringto the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view illustrating my invention in use on a copy-book. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the apparatus drawn to a larger scale; Fig. 3, an inverted plan show ing clips for securing blotting material; Fig. 4, a transverse section on line 4 at, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference apply to the same parts in all the figures.

The case a is preferably made of thin sheet metal and preferably of approximately triangular form. The side I) has hinges d connecting it to the side e111 of the casing and is made with an opening through which a copy-line is displayed.

The copy-lines are written or printed upon thin strips of cardboard or other material 0,

a number of such strips being packed upon each other within the case.

If desirable, the case may also be divided by a partition 6 to form a receptacle a for pens or pencils, a door h, having hinges j, being provided in one end of the casing through which they may be insertedand extracted.

A pad of blotting-paper 9 may be attached to the bottom of the casing by the flat springclips t of brass or other metal soldered to the casing a, so that in moving the case down the line upon which it is placed is effectually blotted.

The lower edge k of the side efi is made true, so that it may serve as a ruler.

In operation when it is desired to use a copy the required strip is selected from the pack and placed-upon the top of the others, so as to be visible through the frame, which when a hinged frame is used is then closed.

The case may then be placed i a convenient position upon the manuscript book and moved down ast-he scholar proceeds with his task.

' It will be evident that instead of using a hinged frame having an opening through which the copy is displayed it would be easy to use a slip of glass fixed or arranged to slide in guides or grooves formed with or upon the sides of the case. The door it would then occupy the whole of one end of the case, so that the slips might be withdrawn as described. What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The apparatus-for use in teaching writing consisting of the case a divided longitudinally by the plate 6 forming a compartment for the reception of writing-copies c and a compartment a for writing implements, the door 7 having hinges j giving access to the compartment a, and the side I), having hinges cl; giving access to the copies 0 the said side 

